Description
Book SynopsisINTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING SERIES, now in English! More than 2.3 million copies sold in 23 languages!
Big School of Drawing allows beginning artists to get started drawing anything and everything, from flowers and still life to animals, people, landscapes, and more! Learn to develop your sketches from basic shapes, adding texture and shading step by step to create realistic, three-dimensional drawings.
Perfect for beginners, this 192-page reference guide explains everything you need to get started, from choosing the right materials to basic drawing techniques and step-by-step lessons. Experiment with different pencils, drawing tools, and erasers as you learn to create depth and realism with shading techniques, perspective, and texture. Then follow along as you use those pencil techniques to create detailed drawings, step by easy step.
With more than 1,000 step-by-step drawings for you to reference, Big S
Table of Contents
Contents
Basics
Tools & Materials
Getting Started
Learning to See
Starting with Sketches
Beginning with Basic Shapes
Warming Up
Form & Shadow
Simple Shapes
Flowers
Sketching Flowers
Basic Flower Shapes
Simple Flowers
Tulips
Rose & Water Drops
Daffodil
Carnation
Dendrobium
Fuchsia
Primrose
Hibiscus
Hybrid Tea Rose
Floribunda Rose
Bearded Iris
Landscapes
Surfaces & Textures
Perspective
Tree Basics
Tree Shapes
Tree Trunks
Root Patterns
Branches & Boughs
Majestic Oak
Sycamore Lane
Clouds
Rocks
Creek with Rocks
Mountains
Deserts
Animals
Drawing from Photographs
Drawing from Life
Drawing Animals
Shading Techniques
Rabbit
Guinea Pig
Squirrel
Kangaroo
Toucan
Budgerigars
Iguana
Giraffe
Elephant
Baboon
Chimpanzees
Giant Panda
Parrot
Cats
Feline Features
Paws & Tails
Tabby Cat
Persian Cat
Adult Cats
Kittens
Common Cat Behaviors
Dogs
Proportion & Anatomy
Muzzles
Doberman Pinscher
Great Dane
